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单词 offright
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offrightv.

Forms: late Old English–early Middle English offirht (past participle), Middle English offeruht (past participle), Middle English offrigt (past participle), Middle English offrihte, Middle English offrucht (past participle), Middle English offruht (past participle), Middle English offruyht (past participle), Middle English offurhte (past participle), Middle English offuriht (past participle), Middle English offuruht (past participle), Middle English ofright (past participle), Middle English ofrigt (past participle). N.E.D. (1902) also records forms early Middle English offriȝt (past participle), early Middle English offruiht (past participle), early Middle English ofriȝt (past participle).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: affright v.
Etymology: Alteration of affright v. by reanalysis of the first element as a reduced form of of- prefix (compare a- prefix4). Compare offear v., offeared adj.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To frighten, terrify. Usually in passive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)]
afearOE
affrightOE
breec1000
offrightlOE
agastc1225
offearc1225
dreadc1250
agrisec1275
begallowc1320
ashunchc1325
adreadc1330
affrayc1330
fleya1400
grise1513
terrify1536
fray-bug1551
thunderbolta1586
fear-blast1593
gaster1593
hazen1593
terrorc1595
affrighten1615
ter-terrifya1618
flaite1642
pavefy1656
repall1687
hobgoblin1707
scarify1794
to scare the daylights out of1951
lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 98 Se prest..feoll niðer on þan flore and ongan to walwigenne..þæt eall þa men þe wæron binnan þære cirece wurdon offirhte.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 31 Hie waren swiðe offurihte and ofdredde.
c1200 ( West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Hatton) viii. 26 To hwi sænde ge offirhte [OE Corpus Cambr. ge forhte] ge litles geleafan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16031 Strongliche he wes auæred, ladliche of-furhte.
a1300 Passion our Lord 601 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 54 Hi weren aferd and offruyht.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3652 Fele it brende and made o-frigt.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 158 (MED) Þe mayden Berenger, scho was alle ofright.
2. intransitive. To be afraid.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid or fear [verb (intransitive)]
adreadeOE
affrightOE
frightc1000
agastc1300
offrightc1300
scarec1400
resoignc1500
fray1535
feara1593
fley1768
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 15106 Þe king of-frihte and a-wok of sleape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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